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The week in travel: September 23-28, 2013

Stand by Kenya, tourists told Holidaymakers were urged not to be put off visiting Kenya, despite the terrorist attack at a shopping centre in Nairobi that left dozens dead, including several Britons. The massacre at the Westgate mall is the latest in a series of setbacks for the country's image abroad. Widespread violence following the disputed elections of 2007-08 led to a sharp fall in visitor numbers. Then several tourists were abducted - and one murdered - on the Lamu archipelago in 2011. However, David Scowsill, president and chief executive of the World Travel and Tourism Council, speaking to Telegraph Travel from the Kenyan capital, called for holidaymakers to show resilience, before stressing how important foreign visitors are to the country's economy.